The golden lake

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From the piazza di Orta boats heading towards the island of San Giulio depart. Leaving behind the Palazzo della Comunità, built in 1582, with open porticos. And Penelope, the shop with table coverings branded with prints in rust, following an ancient method that is explained in the exhibition Il Drago di Ruggine d’Orta (from 18/4 through to 29/5).

This is also the area where iron was wrought, that can now be admired only on the Baroque palaces, in the loggias, courtyards and balconies. The ancient tradition of flavors are instead still alive, in the Pasticceria Arianna with the Roselline d’Orta and thei Amaretti del Sacro Monte.

Flavors that become Mediterranean in the eclectic Villa Crespi. The brocades and the four poster beds in the rooms alternate, in the shared spaces and in the bar, with flashes of contemporary décor.